Theres a fashion fix for pretty much every body type out there. Teeny grandma? Petites department. Brawny lumberjack? Big and Tall. Voluptuous woman? Plus-size. But if youre a short guy, youre pretty much screwed.

Look at a man on the street that is under 5 foot 8 and chances are hes in pants that are too long and too baggy and his shirt is so big, he has billowing pirate sleeves, says mens fashion designer Peter Manning. Manning, who is 5 foot 8 himself, is standing in suede booties before a muted rainbow of sweaters and T-shirts in his New York office  and he is on a mission. Im going to save that man.

At Mannings eponymous online shop, short is sexy. Launched last year, Peter Manning is now in its third season of polos and khakis in the vein of Ralph Lauren and J. Crew, but crafted especially for diminutive dudes 5 foot 8 and under. (George Stephanopoulos and Michael J. Fox are already fans.) Here, petite guys find shorter inseams and slimmer ties, leg openings designed for smaller calves and ankles, and plaids, pockets and collars scaled down for Daniel Radcliffe-sized chests. There are no embarrassing XS tagsjust sizes 1 through 4 based on height and weight (Our fit model is 5 foot 4 and a 1cute as a button, Manning exclaims). Another important rule for the designer? No pleats. They only add fabric to already too-big pants, he explains with a disgusted expression.

All of these crisp, classic, well-fitting clothes, Manning believes, will imbue little men with Herculean confidenceand subsequently get them laid.

Youre not hooking up if youre in the Meatpacking District and your shirt is hanging down like a dress. Youre just not, Manning exclaims, talking with his hands. A Tony-winning former Broadway producer, hes high on passion and lacking the snobbery of a seasoned fashion person. You want to hook up? Buy Peter Manning!

Mannings special jeanscomplete with 27-, 28- and 29-inch inseams that arent available at traditional retailersare already equaling foreplay, if customer emails are any indication. Manning estimates 25 percent of his customers are women shopping for their boyfriends and husbands.

The best one ever was like, My husbands ass looks so great in these pants, he recalls twinkly-eyed. Wives email me and say, Your clothes look so good on my husband. His legs look so much trimmer and longer 

It really does turn into a drug, echoes Peter Manning president Jeff Hansen, who, at 5 foot 9, is just slightly taller than the quintessential Manning man. You put on our pants after wearing too long or too baggy pants for 30 years... you cant go back after wearing these.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average American guy is only 5 foot 9. So many short guys, so little selection: Manning says the pre-Peter shopping options were so pitiful, youd literally want to jump off a bridge.

There was a website called Short Men Sizes Inc. that had, like, two men that literally looked like Oompa Loompas. It was really dispiriting, he recalled. A lot of our customers used to shop in the boys departmentnot unlike Samanthas Napoleonic hedge funder on Sex and the City, who bought his blazer from the boys department at Bloomingdales.

"We're still working on the stigma issue," Manning laments. "You could never have a store called Short and Skinny, but shopping online at Peter Manning saves a lot of guys from the terrible experience of shopping retail and swimming in their clothes and having to pay to hem their pants at the tailor."

Manning's Lilliputian styles are currently only available at his website, but he plans to open an intimate, Warby Parker-style showroom or "glorified fitting room" in Brooklyn's Dumbo next year, where customers can try on sizes and order on the spot. He wants to expand to outerwear (including short-man ski pants) and blow out his magical sizing chart to accommodate a subset of short manthe husky. "The guy that's 5 foot 7, 180? He can't find anything."

Were trying to make it fun and not a bummer to be short, Manning says. We want to give guys their own J. Crew and Banana Republic and Brooks Brothers and make them feel like theres not different or second best. Ideally well get to the point where taller guys will be like, I wish I had that.